[DeTomaso] coolant bypass

[Kirby Schrader]

Justin,

If you're happy with your car, then stick with it!

I wasn't.

Since the tank is on the high pressure side of the water pump, I was running a 24lb cap on it and it would still puke coolant when I backed off the throttle at 7200rpm.
It would run kinda' OK in 100F+ temperatures, even with a nice new Pantera Performance aluminum radiator. Kinda' OK wasn't acceptable.

After changing the system to a remote thermostat and moving the tank to the low pressure side, using the Mike Trusty/John Taphorn modification whatever you want to call it, I have none of those problems.

Note that these changes make a Pantera cooling system act just like any modern car's cooling system.

Works for me. If what you have works for you, then I'd recommend leaving it.

Regards,
Kirby
 
On Feb 1, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Justin Greisberg wrote:

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> why are we doing this?  why don't we just use a cleveland thermostat on a cleveland block?  i do, and the car seems to run fine and cool on the street.  justin 		 	   		  
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